US officials see fewer than 10 agencies compromised in recent attack

Published January 8, 2021 4:00am ET



Weeks after officials revealed a potentially massive hack of U.S. government and private companies by possibly Russian hackers, there’s a bit of good news: So far, investigators have found fewer than 10 government agencies were compromised.

The U.S. Cyber Unified Coordination Group, or the UCG, including the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and other agencies, announced on Jan. 5 that it had identified fewer than 10 agencies affected by the cyberattack. However, investigators are still working to determine the scope of the damage.

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